Introductory Technical Writing University of Tsukuba

Course Overview
In this course students will develop skills for effective academic writing. Topics will include (1) writing in an appropriate academic style, (2) sentence and paragraph structure, (3) making a text ‘flow’ (cohesion), (4) writing definitions, and (5) describing processes. Students will learn how to produce a number of key text types including extended definitions and problem-solution texts. There will be a strong focus on vocabulary development using the Academic Word List. Outside class, each week, students will complete self-study vocabulary, grammar exercises and short writing tasks. Students will receive personalized feedback on assessed writing tasks.
Learning Achievement
For details, see:
http://www.corpuslinguist.com/for-students.html
Competence
Course prerequisites
Grading Philosophy
Course schedule
Course type
Lectures
Online Course Requirement
Instructor
Millar Neil
Other information
Exchange students on SIE programs only * Class size is limited to 50 students. This class is the same contents as 0AL0001, 0AL0012, 02CA102 and 02CA117.
Identical to 02CA101.
Lecture is conducted in English.
face-to-face
* To enroll, please sign up on TWINS and come to the first class. During the first two weeks, priority will be given to students from Systems and Information Engineering. During this time, students from other graduate schools can register and attend. However, this does not guarantee enrollment. After week 2, if there is space, students from other graduate schools can enroll.
Site for Inquiry
Link to the syllabus provided by the university